Still working…
February 4 We're working hard (with lots of help -- thanks, all!) on the installation. It is still very much in progress, but it will be ready on Thursday for our first reveal to our alumnae. We are looking forward…
Ivy Removal
January 30 The crew from Appleseed Tree Company removed 2 truckloads of dessicated ivy from the north and east walls of the courtyard today. It was yet another revelation, in this case of the effects of light through and the…
Installation Progress
January 25 While the weather foiled many of our plans this week, we were able to make progress on the installation. The ramp for Finnegan Shannon's site-specific installation has been completed thanks to the carpenters of Pinnacle Custom Builders; Roxie…
WE ARE GOING (MORE) PUBLIC!
January 24 While we have arguably been mostly public all along, having turned our gallery into a classroom/workspace and put our progress on display, we are starting to circulate announcements and invitations.
Atlanta History Center
January 17 I spent the morning in the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center looking at drawings by Edward L. Daugherty for the Dana Fine Arts Building. Daugherty, who has designed many landscapes around Atlanta, worked with Edwards…
Contemporary Artist Spotlight: Roxie Fricton’s Site-Specific Weaving
January 17 As we are in the three-week countdown to the exhibition opening, we want to share and spotlight each contemporary artists in the exhibition, one per week. Roxie Fricton (@roxie_fricton) is making a textile installation, using elements of the…
FORWARD ARTS FOUNDATION
January 15 We are grateful to the Forward Arts Foundation for their generous support of publications related to the Building on Dana / Patterns in Space exhibition, which include the facsimile of the brochure from the building's dedication as well…
Hosting Portman Archives
January 9 We were fortunate to host the archivists from Portman Archives--Paige Adair, Rebecca Brown, and Katie Twomey--for a tour of our exhibition-under-construction. What a dream team! They have been so generous in their guidance and assistance throughout our development…
Re:wilding
December 19 Agnes Scott College got a nice acknowledgment of our work, which was featured in the Annual Impact Report from Re:wild Your Campus. Two of us have completed their Advocacy Bootcamp (the next one is in January - highly…
Open Gallery
December 16 This evening we presented the current work to our campus and contributors. Lydia Holland previewed her film on Dana, we shared the maquette of the building and the photographic project of North/South McDonough, finishing with the timelines of…
Magical Moments
December 6 It is the last week of the semester. We are in the final throes of finishing all sorts of work and mocking up the exhibition on Monday evening with the 3D Thinking and Topics courses. Our students are…
Preparing the Gardens for Winter
We have been busy preparing our gardens for winter! On our recent work day, our amazing volunteers and student workers teamed up with Allison and Eliza to finish mulching the Secret Garden. In addition to its benefits for the soil,…
Bee Brunch
November 17, 2024We were invited to the annual volunteer brunch with BeeCatur at Woodland Gardens. Thank you, Peter! We have been working on collaborative programming, pending funding, that has the potential for great impact on our campus and community.What a…
In class work
November 11, 2024 We had a great work/think day today, assessing the work we have already completed and confirming the work we still have to do to develop material for the exhibition. This project continues to be one of…
SECAC
October 22-25, Atlanta (l-r) August Fisk ’25, Nell Ruby, Tallulah Stroud ’26, Katherine Smith (l-r) Nell Ruby, Katherine Smith, Becky Bivens ’07 Building on Dana was part of the annual meeting of the Southeastern Art Conference in multiple ways. It…